BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

viernes, 8 de agosto de 2025

Ready? All hands on deck!

 

 

Yes, all hands on deck is what we need to get ready for the new school year. Too many parties everywhere, holidays, too much time hanging around doing nothing... it is time to slow down and put our brains in gear! 


The English We Speak:  All hands on deck  (BBC Learning English)


There are so many things we can start doing before going back to our 'beloved' routines, but remember that our brain also has a rest when routines mark our pace in life. You know exactly what to do at every moment: getting up early, going to school, homework, evening activities, going to bed early...

 

So, let's not play with fire if we don't want to be under fire when school begins. We should be on fire by September and we should not add fuel to the fire if we want to get on well with Albert. Here you've been presented with 4 expressions connected with fire. You can check the meaning of each of them just below in the English in a Minute section. 

   

 

  

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....
 

Some articles for you to read about the two issues dealt in the exam and that you should read before doing the exam:



 

 

 

 

 

  SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my   students in 1º ESO !!!!

 

34. Finish these questions and then answer them.

35. MEDIATION. Look at the chart below with the marks given to each car regarding certain features, and then compare them filling in the gaps.

                            cheap - economical  - reliable - easy to drive - comfortable - spacious - fast  - good-looking    

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Audi   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>  3    -       5            -    5          -        4           -      3             -      2       -     3   -       1

Renault  >>>>>>>>>>>   4   -       4             -     4        -        2           -      1             -      0       -     3   -       3

Kia   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   3   -       2             -      2       -       5           -      5             -      4       -     3   -       4

Skoda   >>>>>>>>>>>>   5   -       3              -     4       -       2           -      4             -      3       -     1   -       3

BMW   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   1   -       0               -     3      -       4           -      4             -      4       -     5   -       5

Mercedes  >>>>>>>>>   2  -      3                -      4     -      3           -      4             -      5       -     4   -       4


 Write 3 sentences for the other 3 categories using 3 different structures. (Try to use connectors such as:  AND & BUT)

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What do you think it is "el mejor coche" and "el peor coche"?

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36. Write the COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE forms of the following adjectives.

cold  __________  __________   

hot _________  __________  

thirsty _________ __________

rude ________ ____________

terrible __________ _____________ 

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO 

 





 

 

NEW THAT'S ENGLISH   >>>> Here are my hints for you to watch:    1º ESO       Unit 10A      Unit 10B  (Module 2)         3º ESO     Unit 7A    Unit 7B     (Module 8)      

...and remember that if you want to watch more episodes, you can visit my site! 

 
 






 

 
SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 3º ESO:
 

 

86. MEDIATION. Last night you were talking with your girlfriend, who told you a number of things you later discuss with your parents. Here's what she says and now tell your parents about it.


1. "I'm thinking about goint to live abroad"  >>>  I told my parents that she....

2. "My father is in hospital"   >>>  ..............

3. "Betty and James are getting married next month"   >>>   .....

4. "I haven't seen your parents lately"    >>>>   .....

5. "I hardly ever go out these days."   >>>   .....

6. "I'm tired. I work too many hours a day."   >>>   ....

7. "I'll tell my parents I met you."   >>>   ....

8. "You have been playing tennis with Albert a lot recently."   >>>   .... 

9. "I saw your cousin in the office a few days ago and she seemed fine."   >>>   ....

10. "My teacher had an accident last month, but he wasn't injured."   >>>   ....

11. "You can come and stay with me if you ever decide to visit me when I'm abroad."   >>>   ....

12. "I don't know what my sister is doing."   >>>   ....

13. "She has just had a baby."   >>>   ....



87. MEDIATION. You meet a friend John at a party who is always telling lies and tells you just the opposite of what he told you a week ago.


1. "This restaurant is really cheap"  >>>  "I thought you told me it wasn't cheap".

2. "My girlfriend is coming to the party"   >>>  ............

3. "I passed all my exams"   >>>  ............

4. "Ann likes Bill"   >>>  ............

5. "My cousin is going to get divorced"   >>>  ............

6. "My boss works very hard"   >>>  ............

7. "I want to run my own business"   >>>  ............

8. "I'll be here next month"   >>>  ............

9. "I can afford a holiday in Italy this year"   >>>  ............

10. "I'm going to drive to Italy on my own"   >>>  ............

 

 

 


 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  That don't impress me much by Shania Twain. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  



 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:



 





Philippe's interview - FRANCE - #HUMAN 

 


 






 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



Learn English with movies -  Gladiator   (Maximus Reveals Himself to Commodus )

 



 

...and also with Vicky the Viking Episode 24 Faxes has a bride  

 

 

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lunes, 4 de agosto de 2025

August: Party time!!!

 



August, it's a synonym of party time. Everywhere you go there is something going on. In every little village on the coast, in the mountains... there are local festivities with concerts, fun activities... and, of course, street parties!  



 

There is even a remote village up in the mountains in the province of Granada, Spain, where they eat the traditional New Year twelve grapes. Do you happen to know this little village?

 


   

New Year’s Eve in August. Only in Bérchules, Spain

 

  

 

  

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....
 

   

 

Solutions to the exam...

1- d  (lines 1-2)  2- b  (lines 2-3)   

3: False (line 3) “All these children can add more money to their savings by taking plastic and paper to recycle to school bus stops (—the money is automatically credited to their bank accounts).”

4: True (lines 6-7) “The idea came to Quisocala when he saw children begging at traffic lights and wondered how he could help them (and their families) earn and save, and at the same time recycle household rubbish (that would otherwise become litter).”

5: True (lines 10-11) “Quisocala also helped create the Bartselana Foundation, which turns donations of recyclable waste from local companies into funds to combat child hunger and improve education.”

6: True  (lines 14-16) “He intends to continue his social activism, working with the “least-favoured or forgotten groups in Latin America” and helping them benefit from carrying out environmental services.”

7.1: customer (line 2)   7.2: reduce (line 8)    8.1: beg (line 6)   8.2: stationery (line 2)

9- c (lines 12-13)   10- c (line 10)

11: False (line 2). “(In modern laboratories, scientists are working to recreate garum, a sauce made from putrefying fish that was beloved by the ancient Greeks and Romans) but hardly sounds appealing to 21st-century food lovers.” 

12: True (lines 3-4) “The Latin term garum could refer to both a sauce used in the cooking process —sometimes also called liquamen— and to a condiment, made with the blood and viscera of fish, (that writers such as Petronius, Ausonius and Seneca knew as garum sociorum (“garum of the allies”)).”

13: True (lines 8-9) “The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 buried the building under ash, thus perfectly preserving a small liquamen factory.”

14: False (line 13) “Chefs state that it supercharges dishes with a potent flavour.”

15.1: beloved (line 1)   15.2: putrefying (line 1)   16.1: factory (line 9)  16.2: to seal (line 7) 

USE OF ENGLISH

17.1  smile      17.2. have been complaining/have complained      18.1  about     18.2 a few

19. The driver told the passengers to stay away from the bus until the door opened.

20. Next year’s campaign is already being worked on by the staff at the shopping centre.

21. How much / often / strongly did Martina criticise the organization of the event?

22. Randy’s pet, which is a rather dangerous snake, needs to be kept in a cage.

23. You’d better not tweet them any more messages like this one. // You’d better stop tweeting them any more messages like this one.

24. the patient will be able to go home this afternoon.

25. The Matrix revolutionised the science-fiction genre over two decades ago.

26. My grandchildren asked me to accompany them home.

27. Brian replied that he thought he was going to update his Facebook profile the following day.

28. The most googled photo of all time is about actors.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my   students in 1º ESO !!!!

 

29. TENSES. Fill in the gaps with the PAST form of the verbs in brackets:

30. TENSES. Fill in the gaps with the PAST form of the verbs in brackets either in the negative or affirmative:

31.TENSES. Fill in the questions with the right Simple Past form of the verbs given:

32. MEDIATION. Find your job. Here you've got four advertisements. Read them and thell me which job you "sabes" do better using sentences in the affirmative, in the negative and the connectors  AND/BUT/BECAUSE/SO.

Ad 1.- Help us with our children and travel around the world. If you can play the guitar or another instrument, cook and drive, phone Whitfield at 6896328.

Ad 2.- Typist required, excellent pay, one week nights, two weeks days. Musician appreciated. Write to Box 635, Oxford OX6 82J.

Ad 3.- Travelling companion/driver required for American writer; speaking English, other languages. Chess player appreciated. Excellent pay. Write to Box 492, Newton Tribune.

Ad 4.- Take 2 Italian boys, 8 and 10, on holiday in June. Some cooking, but no cleaning. Swimming, tennis, windsurfing. Very good pay. Phone Guidotti 2783440 evenings.

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33. Make questions with what you are given in brackets:

 

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO 

NEW THAT'S ENGLISH   >>>> Here are my hints for you to watch:    1º ESO      Unit 9A    Unit 9B        3º ESO     Unit 6A Unit 6B  (Module 8)      

...and remember that if you want to watch more episodes, you can visit my site! 

 
 





 

 
SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 3º ESO:
 

 

83. REPORTED SPEECH. What would you say in these situations? Do as in the example.

Example: My girlfriend says: "I'm tired", but five minutes later she says "Let's play tennis". What do you say? "But you said you were tired!"

1. Your friend says: "I'm hungry", so you go to a restaurant. When you get there he says "I don't want to eat". What do you say? "....................!"

2. Mike tells you: "My girlfriend has gone away", but later that day you meet her. What do you say? "...."

3. My cousin says: "I don't smoke". A few minutes later you see him smoking a cigarette. What do you say to him? "...........!"

4. Margaret tells her boyfriend: "I'm working tomorrow evening", but later that day she says "Why don't we go to the cinema tomorrow evening?". What does her boyfriend say? "......!"

5. John says: "I can't go out tonight", but later in the evening you meet him in the park. What do you tell him? ".........!"

6. You arranged to meet Albert in the English department. He says: "I won't be late". At last, he arrives 20 minutes late.  What do you say? "...!"

84. Complete these sentences with SAID / TOLD / TALKED and then rewrite them into DIRECT SPEECH.

1. Tom _____________ me that he was enjoying his new job.  >>>  "........................................"

2. Jack ___________ it was a nice restaurant, but I didn't like it much.  >>>  "........................................"

3. The doctor ___________ that I would have to rest for at least a week.  >>>  "........................................"

4. Mrs Taylor __________ us she wouldn't be able to come to the next meeting.  >>>  "....................." 

5. Mary _____________ Jack that she was going away.  >>>  "........................................"

6. My parents _____________ that they didn't like my boyfriend.  >>>  "........................................"

7. George couldn't help me. He _____________ me to ask his brother.  >>>  "........................................"

8. At the meeting the chairman ______ about the problems facing the company.  >>>  "................."

9. Jill _____________ us all about her holiday in Australia.  >>>  "........................................"

10. My uncle _______ me to help my aunt in the garden.   >>>  "............................"

                                                                                                                                            

85. Rewrite these sentences into REPORTED SPEECH using the beginnings given.

1. "Listen carefully!" , he said to us. >>>   He told....

2. "Don't wait for me if I'm late", said Ann.    >>>  Ann said .....

3. "Don't come before 6 o'clock", I said to him.    >>>   I told...

4. "Can you speak more slowly? I can't understand.", he said to me.  >>>  He asked ..... because....

5. "Shut the door, but don't lock it", she said to us.   >>>>   She told...

6. "Read the instructions before you switch on the machine", he said to me.   >>>>  He told...

7. "Eat more fruit and vegetables", said the doctor.   >>>>   The doctor said....    


 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Dancing on the ceiling by Lionel Richie (An old school mash up). And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  



 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:









Awa's interview - BURKINA FASO - #HUMAN 

 






 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"



Learn English with movies -  Matilda   (full movie)

 

 

...and also with Vicky the Viking Episode 23 The Revenge of the Swordfish  

 

 


 

 

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